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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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