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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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