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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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