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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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