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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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