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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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