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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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