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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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