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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. 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 educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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