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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students 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 subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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