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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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