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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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