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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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