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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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