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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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