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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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