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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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