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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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