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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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