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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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