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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. 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 teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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