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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)