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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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