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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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