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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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