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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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