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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with 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 assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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