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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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