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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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