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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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