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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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