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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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