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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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