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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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