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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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