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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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