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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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