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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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