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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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