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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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