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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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