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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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