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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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