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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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