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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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