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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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