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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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