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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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