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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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