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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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