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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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