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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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