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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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