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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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