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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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