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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-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 stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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