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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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