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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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