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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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