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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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