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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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