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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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