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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over 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. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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