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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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