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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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