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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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