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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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