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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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