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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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