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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part 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 courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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