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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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