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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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