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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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