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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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