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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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