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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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