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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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