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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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