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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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