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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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