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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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