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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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