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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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