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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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