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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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