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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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