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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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