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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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