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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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