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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education 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 ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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