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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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