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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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