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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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