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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing 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 institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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