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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies 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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