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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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