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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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