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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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