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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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