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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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