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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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