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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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