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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses 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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