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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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