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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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