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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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