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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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