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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). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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