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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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