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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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