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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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