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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students 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 several subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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