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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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