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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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