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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. 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 MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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