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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses 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. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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