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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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