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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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