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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants 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 MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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