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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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