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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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