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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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