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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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