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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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