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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle 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 institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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