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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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