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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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