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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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