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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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