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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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