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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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