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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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