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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines 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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