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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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