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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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