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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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