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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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