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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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