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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the 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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