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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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