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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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