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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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