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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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