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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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