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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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