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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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