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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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