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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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