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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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