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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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