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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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