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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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