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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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