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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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