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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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