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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free 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 several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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