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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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