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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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