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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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