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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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