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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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