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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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