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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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