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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. 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 teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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