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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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