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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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