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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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