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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning enable humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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