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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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