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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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