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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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