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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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