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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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