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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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