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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education