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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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