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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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