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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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