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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources