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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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