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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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