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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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