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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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