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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. 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 massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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