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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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