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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key 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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