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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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