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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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