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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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