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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational 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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