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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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