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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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