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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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