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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes 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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