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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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