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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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