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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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