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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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