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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider 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 educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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