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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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