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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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