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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education.

There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? Entrepreneurs and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major historical trends associated with MOOCs and OERS. For more details please visit this Free Online College Education site.

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