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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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