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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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