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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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