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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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