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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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