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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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