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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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