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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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