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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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