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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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