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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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