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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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