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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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