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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology are empowering humans all over 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 customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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