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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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