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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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