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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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