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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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