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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around 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. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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