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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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