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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 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 educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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