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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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