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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all aver 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 massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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