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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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