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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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