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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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