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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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