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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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