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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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