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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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