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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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