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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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