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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have provided the means for humans 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 customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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