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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because distance 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 participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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