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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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