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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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