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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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