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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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