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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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