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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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