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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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