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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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