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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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