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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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 subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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