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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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