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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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