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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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