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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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