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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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