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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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