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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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