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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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