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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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