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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal 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 educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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