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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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