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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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