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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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