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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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