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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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