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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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