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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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