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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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