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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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