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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the 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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