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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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