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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. 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 MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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