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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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