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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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