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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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