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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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