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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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