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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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