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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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