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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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