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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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