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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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