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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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