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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take 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 ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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