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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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