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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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