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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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