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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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