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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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