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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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