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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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