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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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