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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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