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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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