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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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