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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the 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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