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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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