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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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