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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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