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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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