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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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