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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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