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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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