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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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