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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education