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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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