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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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