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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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