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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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