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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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