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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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