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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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