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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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