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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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