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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses 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 usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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