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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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