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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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