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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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