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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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