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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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