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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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