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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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