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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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