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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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