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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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