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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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