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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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