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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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