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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the key 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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