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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education