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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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