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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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