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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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