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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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