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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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