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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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