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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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