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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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