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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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