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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are 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. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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