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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. 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 MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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