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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs) Definition