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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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