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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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