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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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