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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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