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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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