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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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