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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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