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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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