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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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