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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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