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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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