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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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