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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving 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 participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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