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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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