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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving 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 organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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