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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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