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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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