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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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