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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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