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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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