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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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