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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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