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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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