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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key 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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