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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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