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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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