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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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