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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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