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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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