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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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