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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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