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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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