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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. 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. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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