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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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