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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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