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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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