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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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