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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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