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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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