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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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