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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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