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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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