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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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