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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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