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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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