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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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