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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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