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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive 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 a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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