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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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