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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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