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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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