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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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