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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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