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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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