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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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