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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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