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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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