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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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