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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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