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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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