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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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