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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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