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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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