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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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