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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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