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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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