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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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