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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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