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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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