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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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