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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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