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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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