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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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