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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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