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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have empowered students in all parts of 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. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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