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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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