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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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