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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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