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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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