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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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