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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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