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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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