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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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