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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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