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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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