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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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