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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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