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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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