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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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