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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education