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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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