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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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