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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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