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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with 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 stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education