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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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