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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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