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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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