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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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