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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major 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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