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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate 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 massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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