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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly 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 many issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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