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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing 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 these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources