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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about 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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