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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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