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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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