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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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