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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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