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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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