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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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