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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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