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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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 institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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