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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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