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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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