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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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