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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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