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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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