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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key 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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