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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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