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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses 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 lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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