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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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