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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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