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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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