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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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