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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 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 institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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