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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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