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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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