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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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