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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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