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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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