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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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