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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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