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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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