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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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