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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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