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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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