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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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