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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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