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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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