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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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