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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. 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 massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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