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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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