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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education