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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online 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 we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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