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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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