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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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