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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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