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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever 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 institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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