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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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