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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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