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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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