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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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