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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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