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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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