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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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