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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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