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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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