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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 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 educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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