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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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