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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take 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 online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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