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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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