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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with 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 institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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