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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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