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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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