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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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