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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources