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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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