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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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