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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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