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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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