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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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