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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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