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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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