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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are free 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 online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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