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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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